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Description: | A cast copper alloy unidentified object. The date of the object is uncertain but it is probably Post-Medieval to Modern. The object is distorted and there is a break on one side but the damage is not new. Originally, the object would have been a flat frame creating a sub-rectangular aperture approximately 12mm x 60mm. Although the frame is quite narrow it has a protruding knop to one side. Originally, the object would have had a maximum length and width of approximately 92mm x 27mm. The object is now bent and twisted out of shape, resulting in the frame no longer being on a single plane. The frame is hexagonal in cross section. The front and reverse of the frame is flat. Both sides of the frame are double chamfered resulting in a point at the middle. There is a knop attached to one of the short sides of the frame. In plan view the knop has four equal length edges forming an obtuse point at the centre of the outer edge of the frame. The opposing end of the object is damaged with some of the frame missing. The original form of the damaged area is uncertain. The damaged end of the object possibly had a knop mirroring the opposing end of the object. Alternatively, there may have been a point in the centre outer edge of the frame. None of the surfaces are decorated. Overall, the object is in poor condition. As well as being twisted, bent and damaged, the surfaces are deeply scratched. Weight is 34.68g. The thickness of the frame is 3.93mm. The current maximum length is 85.26mm and the maximum width is approximately 31mm. No parallel object has been found.Following discussion, suggestions for use of object include a quillon, strap slide and a reinforcement fitting at the open end of a scabbard at the opposite end from the chape.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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